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The Attorney General's Office said Harrison Lambert, 23, confronted police with a knife Thursday afternoon. Investigators said police were called because Lambert had threatened to stab his father.

Little information has been released about what happened next, but officials said police shot Lambert, and he was hospitalized in critical condition.

"I just heard a gunshot, and then a couple of milliseconds after that, a few more gunshots," neighbor Shaun McFadden said. "About five or six gunshots."

McFadden said he was working at home at the time. He said that after hearing the shots, he looked outside and saw Lambert on the ground.

"He wasn't moving, obviously," McFadden said. "It looked like he had been shot, and there were a couple of officers there, and one of them, I remember, looked like he had a gun drawn."

According to court documents, police have encountered Lambert before. In December 2013, in an incident that almost mirrored Thursday's, Lambert was accused of threatening his mother "by waving a knife in front of her face and threatening to cut her if she did not empty her bank account."

That incident led to a competency hearing for Lambert, who was described as having a long history of mental illness. In January 2014, Lambert was found competent to stand trial as long as he remained on medication.

Neighbors who didn't want to go on camera said they have had run-ins with Lambert in the past. McFadden said he has too, but despite what happened Thursday, he still considers his neighborhood safe.

"It's a great town, and I've lived here for a couple of years, worked here for almost 12, and I have full trust in the Police Department and the people around here who live here," McFadden said.

The Attorney General's Office said it's in the process of conducting interviews and probably won't have any new information to release Friday.